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A Victorian Woman Ventures Securely into Men’s Realms: Journalism, Politics, and Radical Advocacy Tracy C. Davis

18:00 - 19:30 22 March 2017
Of the 241 Victorian theatre critics known to have written for the popular press, only one is known to be a woman; she, Pearl Craigie (1867-1906), daughter of an American millionaire…

Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 22 March 2017
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between November and March, from 10.30am until…

ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol

19 November 2016 - 16 April 2017
ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism. Supported by Arts…

Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

Children's Lives in Wartime Japan

1 February - 31 March 2017
This exhibition displays 50 entries from picture diaries made by Japanese primary school children in 1944-1945. It gives a vivid insight into the school lives of Japanese children…

Chris Wilson (Loughborough University)

17:00 - 18:00 22 March 2017
Title: TBA Host: Carlo Reggiani

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Alan Bowman

17:00 - 19:00 22 March 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Professor Alan Bowman (University of Oxford) will give a talk on 'Humanities and Humanitas, New Horizons?' Professor…

Deanna Petherbridge

2 December 2016 - 4 June 2017
A solo show of pen and ink drawings from across a 45-year career. Since the 1960s, Deanna Petherbridge has pioneered critical thinking on drawing and its place in art and architecture.…

EAC Department PGR Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:00 22 March 2017
Hilary White ‘’Forms Forming Themselves’: Visual Technique and Modes of Indisicipline in the Novels of Christine Brook-Rose, Brigid Brophy and Ann Quin’ Imogen Durant ‘The Progressive…

Faculty Research Seminar: Wednesday, 22 March 2017

13:00 - 14:00 22 March 2017
The monthly Faculty Research Seminar Series is open to all staff and students and offers an opportunity to celebrate FBMH’s research achievements. Research Domain host: Evolution,…

Finance seminar by Dong Lou, London School of Economics

14:00 - 16:00 22 March 2017
A Tug of War: Overnight Versus Intraday Expected Returns

GDI Lecture Series: Resilience, Development and Global Change: Resistance, Rootedness and Resourcefulness

17:00 - 18:30 22 March 2017
Resilience, Development and Global Change: Resistance, Rootedness and Resourcefulness Professor Katrina Brown (University of Exeter). The event will be from 5-6.30pm in Theatre B of…

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Rachel Weber (University of Illinois) Risky business: Explaining the use of complex financial instruments by local governments

16:00 - 17:30 22 March 2017
Title: Risky business: Explaining the use of complex financial instruments by local governments Seminar Chair: Kevin Ward

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Scarlett Cornelissen - Stellenbosch University

15:30 - 17:00 22 March 2017
Scarlett Cornelissen, Stellenbosch University #FeesMustFall’s antecedents: Reflecting on political change and transitional justice in post-apartheid South Africa Details to follow :

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 22 March 2017
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 22 March 2017
Speaker: Federico Varese Title: A new framework for Organized Crime and an empirical exploration using UK data (paper co-authored with P Campana) The paper argues that Organized…

Music in the City, Musicians as Citizens

14:00 - 17:00 22 March 2017
Calling all music lovers and Francophiles of the North West! This workshop, led by final-year French Studies students, will encourage participants to think critically about the tensions…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

Parliamentary Scrutiny of Brexit

14:00 22 March 2017
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Brexit

Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939

2 January - 23 April 2017
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world. Invigorated by experimental techniques, art styles such as Fauvism,…

Sarah Fielden seminar series - 'Deconstructing child as method?'

17:00 - 18:30 22 March 2017
Seminar presented by Professor Erica Burman Why Sarah Fielden? The Manchester Institute of Education is recognised internationally as a leading centre of educational research. Education…

SICK! Festival

8 - 25 March 2017
SICK! Festival The award-winning SICK! Festival returns to Manchester and Salford from 8 to 25 March 2017 with a three-week programme taking place across the city and with venue partners…

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976-Mumbai 2016

4 March 2017 - 1 January 2018
The first UK solo exhibition of photographer Sooni Taraporevala. Photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala will present a series of black and white photographs depicting…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 22 March 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

TOUCH, IMAGINE, TELL: Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop

14:00 - 17:00 22 March 2017
Bridge the gap between past and present; East and West; be inspired by this unique opportunity to handle objects from Manchester Museum’s Chinese collection. Come along to Manchester…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 22 March 2017
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

Webinar: Key data: Qualitative and mixed methods data

15:00 - 16:00 22 March 2017
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to learn about the qualitative or mixed-methods data available from the UK Data Service. The UK Data Service provides access…

Whitworth Young Contemporaries: And Now We Are Plastic

27 January - 2 April 2017
As technology helps us to constantly evolve, the boundaries between our physical and digital spaces are blending, yet our ability to adapt and change remains visible in our art, marking…

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